[PATCH v1 1/4] disk: Add partition lookup by type GUID functionality
Balaji Selvanathan
balaji.selvanathan at oss.qualcomm.com
Thu Jan 8 07:49:44 CET 2026
Introduce part_get_info_by_type_guid() function to enable partition
lookup using partition type GUID. This complements the existing UUID
lookup functionality and provides more flexible partition discovery
mechanisms.
Signed-off-by: Balaji Selvanathan <balaji.selvanathan at oss.qualcomm.com>
---
disk/part.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/part.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
diff --git a/disk/part.c b/disk/part.c
index 49a0fca6b89..2bc21dd66cc 100644
--- a/disk/part.c
+++ b/disk/part.c
@@ -731,6 +731,45 @@ int part_get_info_by_uuid(struct blk_desc *desc, const char *uuid,
return -ENOENT;
}
+int part_get_info_by_type_guid(struct blk_desc *desc, const char *type_guid,
+ struct disk_partition *info)
+{
+ struct part_driver *part_drv;
+ int ret;
+ int i;
+
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PARTITION_TYPE_GUID))
+ return -ENOENT;
+
+ part_drv = part_driver_lookup_type(desc);
+ if (!part_drv)
+ return -1;
+
+ if (!part_drv->get_info) {
+ log_debug("## Driver %s does not have the get_info() method\n",
+ part_drv->name);
+ return -ENOSYS;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 1; i < part_drv->max_entries; i++) {
+ ret = part_drv->get_info(desc, i, info);
+ if (ret != 0) {
+ /*
+ * Partition with this index can't be obtained, but
+ * further partitions might be, so keep checking.
+ */
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (!strncasecmp(type_guid, disk_partition_type_guid(info), UUID_STR_LEN)) {
+ /* matched */
+ return i;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return -ENOENT;
+}
+
/**
* Get partition info from device number and partition name.
*
diff --git a/include/part.h b/include/part.h
index daebbbc2e68..85457618cdf 100644
--- a/include/part.h
+++ b/include/part.h
@@ -327,6 +327,20 @@ int part_get_info_by_name(struct blk_desc *desc, const char *name,
int part_get_info_by_uuid(struct blk_desc *desc, const char *uuid,
struct disk_partition *info);
+/**
+ * part_get_info_by_type_guid() - Search for a partition by type GUID
+ * among all available registered partitions
+ *
+ * @desc: block device descriptor
+ * @type_guid: the specified partition type GUID
+ * @info: the disk partition info
+ *
+ * Return: the partition number on match (starting on 1), -ENOENT on no match,
+ * otherwise error
+ */
+int part_get_info_by_type_guid(struct blk_desc *desc, const char *type_guid,
+ struct disk_partition *info);
+
/**
* part_get_info_by_dev_and_name_or_num() - Get partition info from dev number
* and part name, or dev number and
@@ -404,6 +418,13 @@ static inline int part_get_info_by_uuid(struct blk_desc *desc, const char *uuid,
return -ENOENT;
}
+static inline int part_get_info_by_type_guid(struct blk_desc *desc,
+ const char *type_guid,
+ struct disk_partition *info)
+{
+ return -ENOENT;
+}
+
static inline int
part_get_info_by_dev_and_name_or_num(const char *dev_iface,
const char *dev_part_str,
--
2.34.1
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